Clothes-wringer



(NoModel.) i I R. ZIMMERMAN.

GOTHES WRINGBR.

Patented June 22, 1886.

WITNESSES w ,d/ M- BYv ATTORNBY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RIENHOLD ZIMMERMAN, OF CANTON, OHIO.

CLOTHES-WRINGER.'

.GJPECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 344,337, dated June 22, 1886- Application filed April IS'r 1885. Serial No. 162.635.

T0 aZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RIENHOLD ZIMMER- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Canton, county ofStark, State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Olothes-/Vringers, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the Laccompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in clothes-Wringers; and it consists in the parts and combinations of parts, as will be more fully described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved device. Fig. 2 is a similar view of one of the standards. Fig. 3 is a view of one of the Springs. Fig. et is a view in end elevation, and Fig. 5 is a view in transverse section.

A represents the upright posts of the frame, construeted, preferably, of malleableiron, and each provided 011 its inner face with an arm or roller-support, O, formed integral there- With. Each arm C extends out to front and rear of the post, and in the front end is formed the bearing for the roller-shaft S. On the other end ofthe arm is formed the lower part of the hinge P.

At the upper end of the post A, and on the inner face thereof, is shown a groove, a, into which the end h ofthe cross-bar F ofthe spring D, Fig. 3, is placed, and on the extreme end is a tenon, onto which the top frame-piece,K, is fastened. The spring D, as shown in Fig. 3, is a half-elliptic, the upper end of which is slightly curved, and at the base of the curve there is a cross-bar, F, the ends of which project out on opposite sides a short distance-- say to the extent of one-fourth of an inch-and have a diameter of about one-fourth of an inch. At the other end of the spring will be seen the rivet-holes by which the spring is attached to the upper-rollerarm H, as shown.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation in which is shown the clamp-hook O, by which the wringer may be held to the tub or other vessel, the end of the lower cross frame-piece, L, the post A, with the arm O or roller-snpport for the short end of shaft S, and the arm H, hinged to it at P. In the other end of the arm H is the bearing for the shaft of the roller M. The

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spring D rests on the top of the arm H, and beneath the thumb-screw R.

The operation of these parts, as shown in Fig. 4, is as follows: The roller M is held and Controlled in its upward movements by the arm H, (the lower position of the roller M is shown by the dotted lines k,) and as the roller M is moved up and away from roller N by theinsertion of large articles between them (to a position as shown by the solid lines) it has also moved back as well as up. By this movement the spring or the lower end thereof has been forced np from ,and back of the position as shown by the dotted l1nes d to that shown by the solid line d'. By this arrangement of the parts and the movements described the pressure on the spring w1ll be backward at the same time that it is upward, giving end-pressure as well as an upward pressure on the lower half of the spring,` and by this method of construction amuch lighter spring may be used, one not so liable to break, and yet produce the required pressure on the roller.

In Fig. 5 is shown the inside face of the post or end piece A, with roller M and arm H in position and the thumb-screw R turned down, so as to force the spring from a posltion shown by the dotted line b to that shown by the solid line c, the upper end of the spring being guided in its downward movement by the cross-bar F and the groove a.

In Fig. 1 is shown the top frame-piece with its downwardly-projecting lugs J J, in which there is shown a groove, a', corresponding to the groove a, (shown at the top of the post A,) for the engagement of the cross-bar F on the spring D. At either end of this frame-piece is shown a thumb-screw, It, by which the pressure on the rolls may be regulated, as shown in Fig. 5.

Having explained the several parts of my invention, I will now proceed to place or arrange the parts, as shown in Fig. 1. The cross frame-piece L is placed on the end posts A, close to the bottom of the arm O. The clamping-hook O is next placed on the post tight against the cross-piece L, and held in place. by a pin, a, through the post at the under side of the clamp, so as to allow the clamp to turn on the post to adjust itself to the IOO tub or other vessel on which it may be in the roller, and the Springs, I prefer to use 30 used. Roller-shaft S extends from the journal-box on the arm O of the post A over the arm O to a point extending far enough from the other post A to'allow the use of the crankarm T and the handle U. The crank-arm may be attaehed to the shaft by the use of a thread or pin. The shaft between the arms O O is covered With rubber in -the usual way of making such rollers. The upper roller, M,

' only differs from N in this, that the shaft is only long enough to extend from and over the journal-boxes in the arms H H. The Springs D D are attached to the armsH H, after which the arms H H are attached to the arms O O by their hinge-ears, as seen at P, either by the u'se ofa rivet or bolt. The roller M is then placed in position, and the arms H H brought down with thejournal-boxes onto the journals of the roller M. The spring is then pressed down until the end of the cross-bar enters the grooves a. The top piece, K, is then put on by passing the groove a' down over the end of the cross-bar on the spring and over their tenons on the upper end of the posts, in which position it is held by a through-pin. The

i thumb-screws are then turned in to give such' pressure as maybe required at either end of the roller. Except the rubber and the steel used malleable iron for all the parts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a clothes-wringer, the combination, with the side posts having arms O formedintegral therewith, the latter being provided with bearngs, of a roller-shaft pivoted in said bearings, arms H, pivoted to said arms O, and carrying the upper roller, a top piece or bar secured to the side posts, and springs for holding the upper roller in contact with the lower roller.

2. The combination, with side posts having grooves a near the upper ends thereof, and upper and lower wringer-rolls, of the top piece or bar secured to the side posts and provided with depending lugs, the atter having grooves a' therein, Springs resting between the top piece and upper roller and provided with cross-bars F, and thumb-screws for adjusting the Springs.

In testiniony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 10th day of April, A. D. 1885.

REINHOLD ZIMMERMAN.

Vitnesses:

Guns. R. MILLER, A. P. GoULD. 

